Hog-trough



(No Model.)

C. I'. HAIGLE-R.

HoG THOUGH.

Patented Mar. 27, 1894.

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HOG-TROUGH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,101, dated March 27, 1894. Application tiled September 28,1893. Serial No. 486,660. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. HAIVGLER, of Lebo, Coffey county, Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog- Feeding Troughs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to that class of hog troughs, in which the passage of feed from the hopper to the feed receptacle below, is regulated by a slide-valve, and has for its object to produce a device of this character which is simple, strong, and inexpensive of construction.

With this object in View, my invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of f construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate this invention,-Figure 1, is a perspective view of a hog trough, constructed in accordance with my invention, and showing the same provided with pendent chicken guards over two of the openings. Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional view, taken on the line azz-w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a top plan View of a portion of the trough and showing the slide valve or cut-01TA broken away. Fig. 4, is a vertical sectional view taken on the line y-y of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5, is a cross sectional view showingaslightly modified form of construction. Fig. 6, is a detail perspective view of one of the frames for decreasing the size of the openings for the reception of the hogs head.

In the said drawings, 1 designates a pair of end-bars, and these end-bars are connected centrally and near their lower margins by the horizontal and longitudinally extendingboard 2, and by the boards 3 which form the sides of the feed trough proper; these boards 3 extending obliquely downward and inward from the upper corners of the boards 1 to the side margins of the board 2. A pair of boards 4 and 5 of suitable height rest upon the upper margin of the end-board 1; these boards 4 and 5 being of equal width and having their inner vertical edges adjusted so as to form practically a single end board when in their closed position. These end boards 4 and 5 are each connected near their lower corners by the horizontal and longitudinally extending bars or strips 6 which rest upon the upper edges of the inclined sides 3 of the feed trough proper;

these bars or strips 6 being preferably of metal.

Extending longitudinally and connecting the end boards 4 is a side board 7; this side board being arranged to incline from the upper and outer corners of said end boards downwardly and inwardly to within a suitable distance of their inner vertical margins. A similar side board 7 connects the end boards 5, and also lextends downwardly and inwardly thereof and has its lower margin horizontally opposite the lower margin of the sideboard 7 connecting the end boards 4. A pair of similar horizontal strips or boards 8 are secured to the lower margin or edge of the side boards 7, and have their inner edges adjacent so as to form practically a single bottom board 8 for the hopper and these In order to additionally support the in-A clined sides 7 of the hopper, and also to divide the space between the end. boards into a series of openings of suitable size, through which the heads of the hogs are to be introduced to have access to the feed, as hereinafter referred to, I provide a series of vertically arranged and transversely extending boards orpartit-ions 10, thelower ends of which near their outer corners rest upon and are secured to the longitudinal strips or bars 6, and the upper margins of said partition boards l0 are inclined or beveled correspondingly and are secured to the outer or under side of the sides 7 of the hopper.

In order to control the passage of feed from the hopper to the feed-trough below, the end boards 4 and 5 are provided with horizontal and registering notches 11 and 12 the lower margins of which are in the same horizontal plane as the upper side of the bottom boards 8 of the hopper, and vpassing through the slot IOO thus formed and resting upon the boards 8 is a slide valve or cnt-olf 13; said slide valve or cut-off being provided with a handle 14 as shown, or of any other suitable construction whereby the slide Valve or cutoff may be reciprooated when desired. The side edges of the slide-valve are also beveled iuwardly and downwardly at 15, so as to tit snugly upon the adjacent sides of the sides 7 of the hopper and to prevent any grain or feed getting therebetween and interfering with the free operation of the slide valve or cut-olf. The slide valve orcut-off is also provided at suitable intervals with ci rcularholes or openings 16 which are adapted when the slide valve is properly operated to register with the holes or openings 9 in the bottom of the hopper so that` any desired quantity of feed may pass into the feed trough below.

For convenience in cleaning, and also because it may be` necessary to convey the trough from one place to another, I form the` trough composed of the end boards 1, the bot-` tom board2 and the sides 3` separate from the hopper construction, and connect the two togetherby means of the hinges 17, which may be secured tothe inclined sides 3, and to the partitions. 10` as shown. To secure the two sectionsof` the hopper firmly together when in their closed position, I provide a pivotal hook 18 and a staple or eye 19; thehooks 18 of the end boards .ten gaging the staples 19 of theend. boards 5.

Referring to Fig. 5, I show a slightlymodiedform of construction. In thisfinstance I show an end board20 resting upon each of the end boards l of the feed trough, and these end-boards 20 are connected as beforeby the inclined sides 7, the lower margins of which areA connected in this instance by a single bottom board 8 provided with openings 9. The partitions lOat one side only of the hopper are hinged atp17 to the feed trough, and one or more ofthe partitions 10 at` the opposite side of thehopper is provided with a pivoted hook 21 which, engages a staple or eye 22 carried by thefeed trough.

The operationis as follows: The hopper being supplied with a quantity of feed, when it is desired to feedthe hogs the slide valve or cutoff is grasped and pulled outwardly until the openings 16 therethrough register with theopenings 9 of the bottom of the hopper. As soon as a sufficient quantity of feed has passed through said openings into the feed trough below the slide-valve or cut-off is reciprocated inversely so as to cut off the su pply of feed. The hogs may now poke their heads into the openings or spaces between the partitions 10 to obtain their food. In

order to prevent young hogs or hogs of small size passing through said` openings` or passages and getting into the feed trough,I provide a frame which is of approximately inverted Up-shape and consists of the vertical side boards 23 connected at their upper margins by the top board 24; said board being inclined to correspond with the inclination of the sides 7 of the hopper. By introducing this frame into one of said passages, it will be seen that the size thereof is decreased sufticiently to prevent the passage therethrough of the smaller hogs. These frames of course will necessarily be made of various sizes.

In order to prevent the entrance of chickens to the feed-trough, I provide guardplates 25 which fit in the openings and are pivoted at their upper ends to the loops or staples 26 secured to the sides 7 of the hopper. These guards may be in the form of a single plate corresponding in width to the space between the partitions and provided with openings through which the feed may be observed, or the guards may consist of several narrow plates each being independentofthe other anda slight distance apart so that the iuterior of `the feed-trough .may be seen as shown i in Fig. 1.` By providing thepivntal guards, which normally occupy` the positions shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5 it will be seen` that `when the hog or otheranimal presseshis head against thetrough orV one of the guardsiit will yield` and swingback outof the" way against the side of thehopper, and will allow access tothe feed, and-assoon as the animal withdraws his headit will resumeiitsnormal position and again close the opening against:`

the entrance of chickens `to the feedztrough.

When it isdesired to .have convenient access to the interior of thel structure for any purpose Whatever, bydisengaging hookslS from the staples 19, and withdrawing, entirely the slide valve orcut-off, the` sections ofthe hopper canbe `pivotallyV movedapart. In the construction shown in Fig. 5, `by disengaging the hooks2l from the staplesor eyesi22,the hopper can` be pivotally swungw upon the hinges 17 from above the. feed trough.` It:

will furthermore be seen that by disconnecting the several sections entirelyat the hinge points, the trough may be conveniently. and

easily conveyed from one place, to another, t which would be difficult were the several parts of the structure secured permanen tlytogether.

Having thus described myA invention, what.

1. In a hogtrough or receptacle, the combination with a feedtrough proper, a hopper located above the feed-trough and hinged thereto, and a series of partitions dividingthe space between the end-walls of the hopper and the feed-trough into several openingsori passages, of a detachable frame, ittin g snugly within one of said` openings or passages, and reducing in everydirecton, `the size of the said. opening` or passage, substantially as set forth.

2. A hog trough, comprisingla feed-.trough proper, a. hopper located above the` feed trough and consisting of end boardsresting upon the end boards of the feed trough, and inclined sides connecting said end boards, and a bottom connecting said inclined sides proand desire to secure by Letters IDO IIC

vided with openings, bars or strips connecting the end-boards of the hopper near their outer margins, a series of vertical partitions extending transversely and secured at their upper and lower ends against the under side of the sides of the hopper, and upon the bars or strips connecting the end boards of the hopper, and hinges connecting the hopper and the feed trough, substantially as set forth.

and having their edges adjacent and provided with registering notches, and a slide valve resting upon said bottom boards and also provided with openings adapted to register with the openings formed by the registering notches of the bottom boards, and having a handle at one end, and vertical partitions dividing the spaces between the end walls of the hopper at each side of the inclined boards into several openings or passages, and hinges connecting the partitions at each side of the hopper with the feed trough, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof Iax my signature in the presence ofy two witnesses.

CHARLES F. HAIGLER.

Witnesses:

MAUD FITZPATRICK, G. Y. THORPE. 

